"My name is Prabhdeep Singh Sandhu and I run the Zaika Indian Cuisine Restaurant. We took over 8 years ago, and we named it Zaika and we started a buffet type system, where you get a lunch and a dinner buffet throughout the summer. I’m originally from India, from a small town on the border … Continue reading Voices of Niagara: Prabhdeep Sandhu, Zaika Restaurant→

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"My name is Bandhan. I ended up in Niagara Falls, because my parents decided to move here from Long Island, to start building businesses, because they thought this would be a great area, because there were not many businesses they were interested in, in Long Island, and it’s easier to make money here. In Niagara … Continue reading Voices of Niagara: Bandhan Khabra→

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Powercity Eatery is located on Third Street, an up and coming street with a mix of cafes, bars and restaurants founded by young entrepreneurs hoping to revitalize the downtown tourist district of Niagara Falls, New York. "We are Power City Eatery. We are a New York style eatery and café. We serve fresh deli sandwiches, … Continue reading Voices of Niagara: Joe Hotchkiss, Powercity Eatery→

“My name is Jeff Morrow, I own The Book Corner here on Main Street in Niagara Falls. Our family came into the Falls in the ‘60s and bought this store, the Book Corner, so I grew up locally, living in Hyde Park first, and then moving to Lewiston. My earlier childhood memories are of spending … Continue reading Voices of Niagara: Jeff Morrow, The Book Corner→

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"My name is Charles Harris, I am a Youth Center Assistant at The Connection Center, an after school programme run by Planned Parenthood. Being a Youth Center Assistant I work in the kitchen, I fund different type of activities and I’m the Director of Project Green Space. Project Green Space is basically what you see … Continue reading Voices of Niagara: Charles Harris, Project Green Space→

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Niagara gripped the imagination of not only travellers and writers, but also of engineers and entrepreneurs. Many of these “envisioned the fall’s industrial and economic potential as limitless” and “they imagined a colossal, utopian future that would inevitably result from the relentless human drive to subdue and transform nature.” (McGreevy) In his book Imagining Niagara … Continue reading Niagara as a Focus for the Future→

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Human Accumulationsexplores the themes of Nature, Progress and AmericanIdentity through the comparison of five iconic East Coast American landscapes, as they were represented by the Hudson River School artist Regis Gignoux, and as they appear today through the lens of his descendant, photographer Alan Gignoux.